Labor crunch, building costs cloud Japan’s 60m tourist goal
Travel & Leisure Mori Trust sees 42m visitors in 2026, calls for post-2030 tourism strategy Mori Trust CEO…
Huawei aims for 20% smartphone growth despite memory crunch: sources
Huawei crackdown Company holds Malaysia product launch event to boost overseas presence Huawei has told suppliers that it…
China’s property developers face fresh liquidity crunch
A worker stands outside a construction site of China’s Aoyuan Group in Hong Kong in November 2021. The country’s property developers…
Apple to launch 5 new iPhone models to gain market share amid memory crunch
Technology Company raises production target for first foldable phone to about 10 million units Industry sources say Apple…
Naphtha crunch bites Japanese companies despite PM’s assurances
Business trends From bathtubs to plastic bottles, prices are rising and output is falling Shortages of petroleum derivatives are…
Supply crunch in Intel, AMD CPUs deals fresh blow to PC and server makers
Semiconductors Rising prices and wait times add to headache from ongoing memory chip shortage Intel is betting big…
India’s gas crunch from Iran war lays bare electrification bottlenecks
Iran tensions Fossil fuel reliance weighs on industry despite renewables build-out Electricity’s share of final energy demand in…
Steep price hikes hit China’s smartphone market as memory crunch deepens
Electronics Apple’s new budget iPhone adds to pressure on Chinese brands China’s smartphone makers are facing a memory…
Japan suffers opportunity loss equivalent to 2.6% of GDP from labor crunch
Economy Non-manufacturing sectors fall victim to hiring shortfalls and staff turnover Lights are turned off on a floor…